help me to get virtualbox to working please

[tuxulin-nox]

when i first installed Vbox i got errors then a friend said
the reason why it wasn't working was because the headers files
weren't installed so he mailed this to me saying install this
and vbox should be ok

apt-get install bcc iasl xsltproc xalan libxalan110-dev uuid-dev zlib1g-dev libidl-dev libsdl1.2-dev libxcursor-dev libqt3-headers libqt3-mt-dev libasound2-dev libstdc++5 linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential

but now when i try to get vbox running it comes with this new error

VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel and execute '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv start' as root.
VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).

it seems like it needs "virtualbox-ose-modules package" to work however
in my add and remove section i cannot find that package. the only
package there is virtual box......... i did add a user to the vboxes group.

please can you help me out
NT

[brasslover]

Re: help me to get virtualbox to working please

when i first installed Vbox i got errors then a friend said
the reason why it wasn't working was because the headers files
weren't installed so he mailed this to me saying install this
and vbox should be ok

apt-get install bcc iasl xsltproc xalan libxalan110-dev uuid-dev zlib1g-dev libidl-dev libsdl1.2-dev libxcursor-dev libqt3-headers libqt3-mt-dev libasound2-dev libstdc++5 linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential

but now when i try to get vbox running it comes with this new error

VirtualBox kernel driver not installed. The vboxdrv kernel module was either not loaded or /dev/vboxdrv was not created for some reason. Please install the virtualbox-ose-modules package for your kernel and execute '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv start' as root.
VBox status code: -1908 (VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED).

it seems like it needs "virtualbox-ose-modules package" to work however
in my add and remove section i cannot find that package. the only
package there is virtual box......... i did add a user to the vboxes group.

please can you help me out
NT

There are two versions of VirtualBox that are available. An open source edition that requires compiling and a precompiled binary edition available free of charge for personal and evaluation use. Do you know which version you installed? FYI - The "ose" in virtualbox-ose-modules stands for Open Source Edition.

I installed the binary directly from Virtual Box using their handy repository and it seemed to work just fine. You might check here for more info if you haven't already..

[tuxulin-nox]

Re: help me to get virtualbox to working please

im using the version that came with kubuntu GG7.10 in the
add and remove section "virtualbox-ose-modules"
i deinstalled installed it using the add and remove tool

then went to the link you provided i downloaded the correct
file for my version of kubuntu then double clicked the file
"virtualbox_1.5.2-25433_Ubuntu_gutsy_i386.deb"
the auto installer tried to install it and at 100% it said
the installation failed.

typical my luck that is.
the stock Vbox shows errors and the one from the vbox
site fail to install.

any suggestions ?
NT

[brasslover]

Re: help me to get virtualbox to working please

That stinks. I'm not sure why the deb package failed to install for you. Issuing the following in a terminal might give you some output about why the installation failed:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox

You might also look at the VirtualBox user manual (pdf) which has a lot of good information in it including installation instructions and some troubleshooting tips. Another resource might be this post on www.ubuntugeek.com about setting up VirtualBox . Just reading the comments it looks like there are others that have had some installation problems as well.

[muzicman0]

Re: help me to get virtualbox to working please

When installing the .deb package, make sure you click on the 'show details' (or something like that). That should show you what errors you are receiving...